lavendertook: (mountain laurel close up)
lavendertook ([personal profile] lavendertook) wrote2013-05-08 09:29 pm

Wild Azalea Buds

Wild Azalea buds 4/27-13
I made the discovery last week that wild azalea blossoms are even more beautiful before they open. The buds are suffused with so many colors, especially if the mid-afternoon light is just so. And they're furrier than you'd suppose. This is, of course, down by Greenbelt Lake.


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Wild Azalea 4-26-13
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[personal profile] easterlily41482 2013-05-09 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Those are beautiful. I didn't know they looked like that either before they blossomed.
lbilover: (lavender wildflowers)

[personal profile] lbilover 2013-05-09 01:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Very pretty! I had no idea they were so fuzzy up close.
spiralsheep: Flowers (skywardprodigal Cog Flowers)

[personal profile] spiralsheep 2013-05-11 11:49 am (UTC)(link)
My quest for milk yesterday was punctuated with the glorious scent of magnolia blossom, yummy!

I'm still loving your nature diary. :-)

[identity profile] addie71.livejournal.com 2013-05-09 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Lovely!

[identity profile] lavendertook.livejournal.com 2013-05-10 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! (-:
shirebound: (Flower red rose - primula baggins)

[personal profile] shirebound 2013-05-09 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for sharing so much beauty with us.

[identity profile] lavendertook.livejournal.com 2013-05-10 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
You're welcome, bb! <3

[identity profile] panmodal.livejournal.com 2013-05-09 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
That first picture is magnificent.

[identity profile] lavendertook.livejournal.com 2013-05-10 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! (-: I agree with ASD that they look like hobbit ears.

[identity profile] romeny.livejournal.com 2013-05-09 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
I took mom out to shoot pics of azaleas last wk in my MIL's yard.

[identity profile] lavendertook.livejournal.com 2013-05-10 01:48 am (UTC)(link)
Pictures or it didn't happen, bb!

[identity profile] aliensouldream.livejournal.com 2013-05-09 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
They look like fuzzy hobbit ears!

[identity profile] lavendertook.livejournal.com 2013-05-10 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
You are totally right! :-D Why did I not see this?

"Oh Mr. Frodo! The way your ear fuzz catches the sunlight makes me want to taste them right quick!"

[identity profile] i-o-r-h-a-e-l.livejournal.com 2013-05-10 08:15 am (UTC)(link)
You always take some lovely pictures!

[identity profile] lavendertook.livejournal.com 2013-05-26 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you! (-: